Tehran, Iran, June 13, 2014 - Iran
national team coach, Slobodan Kovac praised his players for winning
their away game against Brazil in the third week of World League
Intercontinental Round action. But in a
press conference prior to Friday's match he cautioned that the team should not
rest on their laurels.

"The triumph against Brazil is
now over and players must concentrate on the upcoming matches," said
Kovac.

The reigning Asian volleyball champions
defeated Brazil in São Paulo in straight sets 3-0 (18-25, 21-25, 22-25). Reigning
World Champions, Brazil have won the World League title a total of nine times
in the history of the tournament.

"Iran is in Pool A together with
powerful teams and emotionally it is difficult to forget the last
win", Kovac said.

"Everyone knows Brazil very well and there is no need to talk about the
capabilities of this team,” he continued. "However Iran is in a good shape
and I hope to get a good result in both games against Brazil."

The Serbian head coach of Iran, known
as ‘Boban’, has changed the line-up for Friday's match against Brazil.
“Saman Faezi is injured and will be replaced by Adel Gholami,” explained Kovac.
"Farhad Zarif still needs time to fully recover from his shoulder
injury, and we hope to have him for the game against Italy."

Iran will play Brazil on Friday and Sunday,
June 13 and 15, at the Azadi Sports Complex in Tehran.